Photo: I'm looking through the original telescope used in the Royal Observatory. This part of the observatory museum is only open during the day. So they put a slide of Pluto, the cartoon character on the end and positioned it to where pluto, the planet, would be. It was a cute visual joke. Actually, isn't pluto no longer an offical planet?
I wasn't sure how much I'd like London. Now that I'm here, however, I am loving it and already know that I'll try to come back. There seems to be something for everyone here. Yesterday I took a boat cruise up the Thames to Greenwich. I got off here and went up to the Royal Observatory. What a cool experience! I stood on the prime meridian and walked through the observatory and museum. I even looked in an original telescope. Time is mysterious, so I found this place fascinating. Longtitude can be determined by very accurate keeping of time. The prime meridian is arbitrary, and man made, but because of it, in relation to it and the time where you are you can determine very precicely where you are. AMAZING!
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